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Global temperatures briefly spike above key climate threshold, scientists warn of more extremes (www.pbs.org)

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European researchers said Thursday that the the start of June saw global surface air temperatures rise 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels for the first time. That is the limit governments said they would try to limit global warming to at a 2015 summit in Paris.

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[–] Transcendant 1 points 1 year ago

Here in the UK, wind currently makes up ~1/3 of our energy production. In fact, we've built so much wind power we have more than our grid can handle... there's a bit of a scandal atm where at least one wind farm has been paid to switch off (so as not to overload the grid).